Lee

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #725 for boys in 2025, 366 births
Given to boys 78.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#39
1900 · 675 births
Debut · boys
1880
361 births
In top 100 · boys
76 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
233,627
since 1880

Lee over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #183, 1955peak #39, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221#725366
2024#5,14825#716370
2023#5,24824#705377
2022#5,02826#698379
2021#7,25015#700378
2020#4,64828#768313
2019#5,98620#783297
2018#5,00726#689352
2017#5,82121#681369
2016#4,34533#664390
2015#5,45824#677375
2014#5,62523#703350
2013#4,75529#668361
2012#5,89522#662357
2011#6,33520#669353
2010#4,60831#676353
2009#4,93129#658374
2008#7,40817#670361
2007#6,09322#635382
2006#4,81129#610391
2005#5,60022#589384
2004#3,44443#557412
2003#3,34743#556403
2002#3,28342#516439
2001#2,66356#464513
2000#2,30667#469502
1999#1,94081#449510
1998#1,78987#403607
1997#1,98372#388615
1996#1,62594#343721
1995#1,522102#330774
1994#1,341125#297917
1993#1,126159#284989
1992#1,131156#2551,128
1991#1,106162#2291,300
1990#955197#2131,450
1989#816232#1881,545
1988#707269#1561,785
1987#744243#1541,811
1986#646286#1451,932
1985#610310#1422,005
1984#533360#1242,164
1983#513373#1381,917
1982#444485#1232,205
1981#414532#1232,215
1980#364652#1252,209
1979#363622#1292,078
1978#413490#1331,980
1977#377561#1332,014
1976#386532#1381,873
1975#360585#1371,858
1974#356608#1242,115
1973#336658#1232,106
1972#332691#1252,260
1971#308873#1282,472
1970#298970#1182,790
1969#2571,134#1182,762
1968#2391,160#1062,868
1967#2481,140#1032,960
1966#2411,211#1062,965
1965#2371,300#1162,772
1964#2481,272#1173,037
1963#2251,479#1193,016
1962#2331,380#1153,263
1961#2221,493#1223,127
1960#2181,531#1163,430
1959#2131,549#1153,509
1958#2001,696#1143,514
1957#1921,834#1053,588
1956#1841,937#1043,511
1955#1831,816#963,607
1954#2161,357#963,566
1953#2551,015#933,583
1952#256948#923,655
1951#259891#923,682
1950#268818#913,611
1949#270818#933,562
1948#264842#933,445
1947#254857#923,676
1946#248807#913,346
1945#257687#872,942
1944#280600#852,929
1943#284597#912,789
1942#282583#872,923
1941#283520#812,742
1940#283492#802,624
1939#286477#782,589
1938#296450#802,575
1937#297438#782,499
1936#292439#762,418
1935#280474#802,426
1934#306422#792,378
1933#310403#792,301
1932#293457#852,284
1931#302446#902,123
1930#308465#822,361
1929#308474#852,209
1928#291513#872,282
1927#302490#862,390
1926#285542#852,313
1925#292531#822,537
1924#303488#832,420
1923#289494#852,359
1922#291496#832,371
1921#303459#862,354
1920#281543#822,321
1919#289484#822,189
1918#281507#862,159
1917#281479#852,004
1916#275475#832,016
1915#279445#841,916
1914#254405#841,451
1913#272294#781,228
1912#253312#781,030
1911#244258#67646
1910#256224#49741
1909#256196#52584
1908#246197#51553
1907#244192#54516
1906#270150#57436
1905#251165#49486
1904#267139#45532
1903#297110#45477
1902#269134#46475
1901#30595#45424
1900#277138#39675
1899#30494#50388
1898#291111#46498
1897#29097#47453
1896#34073#48455
1895#28298#47478
1894#30183#45455
1893#33266#46445
1892#32668#46460
1891#30268#52342
1890#33258#43410
1889#27177#46415
1888#30561#48430
1887#27360#44400
1886#35237#47399
1885#29446#50348
1884#27748#43435
1883#24155#43388
1882#26543#41427
1881#25739#44342
1880#29428#43361
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lee was already there! It came in at #43, and was given to 361 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2002–2025, when fewer than 440 boys a year got the name.

Where Lee is popular in 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lee, so not publishedAKMaine: #108 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 606 boysMEVermont: #74 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 386 boysVTNew Hampshire: #98 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 666 boysNHWashington: #93 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 526 boysWAIdaho: #113 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 565 boysIDMontana: #76 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 383 boysMTNorth Dakota: #75 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 358 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 350 boysMNIllinois: #84 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 509 boysILWisconsin: #57 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 344 boysWIMichigan: #100 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 633 boysMINew York: #103 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 767 boysNYMassachusetts: #97 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 909 boysMARhode Island: #130 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,486 boysRIOregon: #89 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 504 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lee, so not publishedNVWyoming: #56 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 261 boysWYSouth Dakota: #61 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 310 boysSDIowa: #85 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 578 boysIAIndiana: #113 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 758 boysINOhio: #98 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 637 boysOHPennsylvania: #86 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 541 boysPANew Jersey: #89 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 726 boysNJConnecticut: #85 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 705 boysCTCalifornia: #103 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 585 boysCAUtah: #61 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 271 boysUTColorado: #75 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 381 boysCONebraska: #87 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 522 boysNEMissouri: #111 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 666 boysMOKentucky: #132 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 909 boysKYWest Virginia: #135 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 980 boysWVVirginia: #124 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 650 boysVAMaryland: #104 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 646 boysMDDelaware: #82 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 407 boysDEArizona: #130 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 619 boysAZNew Mexico: #153 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 762 boysNMKansas: #146 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 861 boysKSArkansas: #61 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 295 boysARTennessee: #92 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 491 boysTNNorth Carolina: #106 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 541 boysNCSouth Carolina: #87 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 359 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #126 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 799 boysDCOklahoma: #111 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 571 boysOKLouisiana: #74 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 312 boysLAMississippi: #35 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 170 boysMSAlabama: #94 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 460 boysALGeorgia: #102 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 494 boysGAHawaii: #148 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 626 boysHITexas: #105 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 487 boysTXFlorida: #90 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 420 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#35 · 1 in 170
  2. Wyoming#56 · 1 in 261
  3. Wisconsin#57 · 1 in 344
  4. Utah#61 · 1 in 271
  5. Arkansas#61 · 1 in 295

Best ever in a state: #14 in Nevada, 1931.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#351701 in 170
Wyoming#56141 in 261
Wisconsin#571231 in 344
Arkansas#61711 in 295
Minnesota#611081 in 350
South Dakota#61261 in 310
Utah#61421 in 271
Louisiana#741261 in 312
Vermont#74101 in 386
Colorado#75481 in 381
North Dakota#75211 in 358
Montana#76191 in 383
Delaware#82101 in 407
Illinois#841991 in 509
Connecticut#85321 in 705
Iowa#85521 in 578
Pennsylvania#862171 in 541
Nebraska#87291 in 522
South Carolina#87851 in 359
New Jersey#89731 in 726
Oregon#89371 in 504
Florida#90911 in 420
Tennessee#92811 in 491
Washington#93571 in 526
Alabama#94841 in 460
Massachusetts#97571 in 909
New Hampshire#9881 in 666
Ohio#981621 in 637
Michigan#1001411 in 633
Georgia#102951 in 494
California#1032541 in 585
New York#1032141 in 767
Maryland#104441 in 646
Texas#1052441 in 487
North Carolina#1061001 in 541
Maine#108161 in 606
Missouri#111681 in 666
Oklahoma#111431 in 571
Idaho#113131 in 565
Indiana#113671 in 758
Virginia#124651 in 650
District of Columbia#126181 in 799
Arizona#130201 in 619
Rhode Island#13061 in 1,486
Kentucky#132391 in 909
West Virginia#135231 in 980
Kansas#146271 in 861
Hawaii#148111 in 626
New Mexico#153151 in 762
Alaska———
Nevada———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lee
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#716 → #725)
  • 43 spots since 2020 (#768 → #725)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#677 → #725)
  • Biggest jump: 68 spots in 2021 (#768 → #700)
  • Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2019 (#689 → #783)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1900 at #39 (675 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 119 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 76 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 223
  • Highest: 1 in 223 boys born in 1900 were named Lee (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,667 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.3% of all boys named Lee (35,826) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,945#41 (1882)#45
1890s4,384#43 (1890)#47
1900s5,158#39 (1900)#48
1910s15,380#49 (1910)#78
1920s23,556#82 (1925)#84
1930s23,954#76 (1936)#81
1940s30,978#80 (1940)#88
1950s35,826#91 (1950)#100
1960s30,200#103 (1967)#114
1970s21,546#118 (1970)#129
1980s19,788#123 (1981)#142
1990s9,011#213 (1990)#319
2000s4,161#464 (2001)#572
2010s3,557#662 (2012)#687
2020s2,183#698 (2022)#719

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lee in 1953

girls
#255
1,015 births · 1 in 1,853 girls
boys
#93
3,583 births · 1 in 550 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #255Lee1,015

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #93Lee3,583
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 1,853 of them was named Lee, which outranked 96.1% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #252Cecilia1,038
  2. #253Faye1,029
  3. #254Ida1,017
  4. #255Lee1,015
  5. #256Lana1,009
  6. #257Rosie999
  7. #258Lynette990
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 550 of them was named Lee, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #90Francis3,875
  2. #91Melvin3,811
  3. #92Fred3,789
  4. #93Lee3,583
  5. #94Marvin3,564
  6. #95Tommy3,469
  7. #96Earl3,437
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,276Faron#2,251 → #975
  2. ↑ 694Shane#1,213 → #519
  3. ↑ 528Enrico#1,517 → #989
  4. ↑ 441Blaise#1,430 → #989
  5. ↑ 429Robbin#1,268 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Durwood#981 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 392Jonnie#939 → #1,331
  3. ↓ 312Elvis#968 → #1,280
  4. ↓ 293Edsel#968 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 292Beverly#766 → #1,058

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1953 →